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From the Hubble Space Telescope Teacher’s Guide From the Hubble Space Telescope Exploring Space and Cyberspace An electronic field trip via interactive television and on-line networks into America’s classrooms Project Notes Programs and Initial Air Dates and Times Contingency Announcement Program 2 Making YOUR Observations Field research on a scientific frontier is March 14, 1996, 13:00-14:00 Eastern inherently unpredictable. Even traditional school trips are subject to weather and dis- Program 3 Announcing YOUR Results ruptions. An electronic field trip is no dif- Live from the Hubble Space April 23, 1996, 13:00-14:00 Eastern ferent: the Telescope programs are dependent on the Please Note: HST operating normally, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites being available, Program 1 The Great Planet Debate and all domestic satellite links holding (see first aired November 9, 1995, as an introduction Activity 2D, page 24 below, for more to the entire project. (For videotapes, see below) background on how the electronic images get from Pluto to you!) The production Primary Satellite Coordinates team has put in place contingency plans for most eventualities. In the event of tempo- Ku-band: PBS K-12 Learning Services:Telstar 401, 97 degrees rary loss of signal, live programming will West, transponder 8, horizontal, 11915 Mhz, audio on 6.2 and 6.8 continue from ground sites, interspersed Please note: this refers to carriage on the primary satellite used by PBS. Carriage on with pre-taped segments. the satellite itself does not guarantee broadcast by any individual PBS station. Please Register for on-line Live from the check local listings well in advance of air time to verify local arrangements! An on-line Hubble Space Telescope updates or check listing of confirmed carriage by local stations and educational networks will be acces- our Web site: sible between March 1, 1996 and April 23, 1996. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/livefrom/hst.html C-band: NASA TV: Spacenet 2, 69 degrees West, transponder 5, On-line Resources channel 9, horizontal, frequency 3880 Mhz, audio on 6.8 On-line resources are a unique element NASA TV has indicated it will carry programs at the time and date scheduled. However of this project and are described in more Shuttle schedules and other factors may modify this. Again, please check current sched- detail in this Guide. Background informa- ules close to air time. NASA TV publishes its daily schedule over NASA Spacelink. The tion is already available, and will remain Live from Hubble Home Page (see under) will also provide a pointer to this information. accessible indefinitely, so long as it remains current. The project’s interactive Tapes of the programs as broadcast will be available from NASA’s Videotapes and collaborative components, such as 10 Regional Teacher Resource Centers and NASA CORE. (For NASA addresses, Researcher Q & A will commence March 1, see the accompanying publication, Space Based Astronomy, pp. 90-91) For NASA 1996, and will be supported at least CORE, phone (216) 774-1051. For other availability, check the Passport to through April 30, 1996. To subscribe via Knowledge: Live from the Hubble Space Telescope Information Hotline: e-mail, contact: 1-800-626-LIVE (1-800-626-5483) [email protected] Off-Air Taping Rights The producers have made the standard public televi- In the body of the message, write: sion Extended Rights period of “one year after initial broadcast” available for free subscribe updates-hst. classroom use. Need more Information? Live from the Hubble Space Telescope is a Passport to Knowledge project. Passport Educators may contact the Passport to to Knowledge is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation, under Knowledge Education Outreach award ESI-9452769. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not neces- Coordinator, Jan Wee sarily those of the Foundation. phone: (608) 786-2767 This project was supported, in part, fax: (608) 786-1819 by the e-mail: [email protected] National Science Foundation with questions about on-line access, broadcast and tape availability, with feed- Live from the Hubble Space Telescope is also supported by the back and suggestions, or with comments Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications Program (IITA) of or queries on any other matter concern- NASA’s Office of High Performance Computing and Communications, the ing Passport to Knowledge or this Live Space Telescope Science Institute (operated for NASA by the Association of from the Hubble Space Telescope module. Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.—AURA), the NASA Astrophysics Division, NASA Education, NASA K-12 Internet Initiative and PBS K-12 Learning Services. @@ÀÀFrom the Hubble Space Telescope An electronic field trip via interactive television, computer networks and hands-on science activities. Made possible in part by NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The National Science Foundation, PBS K-12 Learning Services and public television Dear Educator, @@ÀÀWelcome to Live from the Hubble Space Telescope! This project marks the very first time that K-12 students have been directly involved in choosing which objects to observe with Earth’s most powerful orbital telescope. And it’s the first time that a unique mix of live interactive video and on-line interaction have given students across America and around the world the opportunity to visit—virtually—via an “electronic field trip,” with the men and women who operate the Hubble. This Guide and the co-packaged hands-on materials are designed to help you and your students prepare for that experience, integrate it successfully into your course of instruction, and make it pay off long after the live videos are over. Many of the Activities you’ll find here directly parallel the processes you’ll see on camera or read about on-line. When your students chart which planets are safe to view with the Hubble (Activity 2C), throw a basketball around the gym to simulate the telecommunications path which brings the Hubble’s data back to Earth (Activity 2D), or make a color image from black and white data @@ÀÀ (Activity 3A), they’ll be mirroring the real-world activities they’ll see the astronomers, mission planners and engi- neers doing on camera, in the real world of research. Live from the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted primarily at middle schools, but can easily be adapted up or down in grade level. The project features cutting-edge science, but also provides extensive connections across disciplines, including math, social studies, language arts, technology education and computer skills, and it contains information about high-tech careers as well as “pure” research. This is the third in our ongoing Passport to Knowledge series. Old hands will recognize many aspects of earli- er Modules. But just like your students, we hope we’ve been growing and learning. We now have a full-time @@ÀÀEducation Outreach Coordinator, Jan Wee: you’ll find her contact numbers on the inside front cover of this Guide. They are there for educators to use, with questions about any aspect of the project. Our innovative on- line resources continue to evolve. If you’re new to the Internet, you’ll find a section in this Guide designed to get you going. If you use the World Wide Web or have more extensive connectivity, you’ll find graphics, a “Virtual Tour” of Space Telescope and its support network. We hope our project suggests ways in which your students can become authors, creators and publishers on-line, not mere “browsers.” As one elementary teacher said, “Passport to Knowledge doesn’t encourage students just to ‘surf the Net,’ but rather to ‘make waves.’ ” Is there a common feature to all our Modules, ranging as they do from penguins to planets, from the South Pole to Pluto? We hope you agree it’s putting people into the process, so that students discover science not as @@ÀÀhistory—with all discoveries done by others, many long dead—but as real life in which they can play a role. Passport to Knowledge is “Real Science, Real Scientists, Real Locations, Real Time.” Our project makes interaction with world-class scientists possible for students in schools, at home or from sci- ence centers and museums. And our project very much wants interaction with, and feedback from, YOU. On page 40, there’s news about a special inducement to return the Teacher and Student Evaluation forms: a free CD-ROM. But your greatest reward will be to help shape future Passport to Knowledge field trips—the better to help you inform, inspire and educate your students. In Fall 1996, we plan to begin Live from Mars—a project which will extend over many years and multiple NASA and international missions. In Winter 1997, we expect to be back in the Antarctic, in the Palmer Peninsula, studying baby seals and and other wild-life close-up, as well as hunt- @@ÀÀing dinosaur fossils. We hope your success with this current project means you’ll be traveling with us then, and that Live from the Hubble Space Telescope will help you make “Reality” the fourth “R” in your classroom. Thanks for your belief in our planet’s most precious and, we believe, unlimited resource: the minds and imagina- tions of its young people. Sincerely, @@ÀÀGeoff Haines-Stiles Project Director, Passport to Knowledge and the Live from… specials @@ÀÀ Project Staff and Acknowledgments PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE PROJECT DIRECTOR GEOFFREY HAINES-STILES EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION ERNA AKUGINOW EDUCATION OUTREACH COORDINATOR JAN WEE PRODUCER RICHARD DOWLING ✵ TECHNICAL COORDINATOR GEORGE R. BENEMAN, II Special Thanks CLEARANCE COORDINATOR HUGH ANDERSON and KATHEE TERRY, LISA LEHMAN TRAGER Project ATHENA/SAIC ✷ GREG ANDORFER, ✷ MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT TEAM National Productions, WQED, Pittsburgh SCOTT L.
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